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Co-founder of pro-gun III Per cent movement is dead at 63
PINSON, Ala. – The angry and vocal co-founder of the extremist, pro-gun III Per cent movement has died.
The Southern Poverty Law Center said in a news release Wednesday that longtime-militia leader Michael Brian Vanderboegh died Wednesday at home after battling cancer.
The 63-year-old described himself as a “Christian libertarian” and used his internet blog “Sipsey Street Irregulars,” to promote his anti-government views.
The blog, started in 2009, helped Vanderboegh gain notoriety. He often used his soapbox to blast the Obama Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives or any supporter of tougher gun-control laws.
Vanderboegh wrote in 2013, “If you try to take our firearms we will kill you” when a gun safety advocate suggested only police and the military should have firearms.
Vanderboegh’s death was first reported by The Kansas City Star and confirmed by his friend David Codrea.
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